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Nevilledog

(51,281 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:51 PM Jul 2020

The real reason Republicans hate voting by mail

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The real reason Republicans hate voting by mail (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP

...or intimidate them at the polls... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #1

+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #3

They love voting by mail. They just don't want Democrats to vote by mail. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #2

They can't make POC and poor people stand in line for six hours at a mailbox. nt hvn_nbr_2 Jul 2020 #4

Polling place suppression is the way to go now RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2020 #5

Wounded Bear

(58,774 posts)

1. ...or intimidate them at the polls...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:52 PM

Jul 2020

or make them stand in line for hours...

the list goes on...and on...and on...

2naSalit

(86,928 posts)

3. +1

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:12 PM

Jul 2020

TheBlackAdder

(28,253 posts)

2. They love voting by mail. They just don't want Democrats to vote by mail.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:02 PM

Jul 2020

hvn_nbr_2

(6,492 posts)

4. They can't make POC and poor people stand in line for six hours at a mailbox. nt

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:25 PM

Jul 2020

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,678 posts)

5. Polling place suppression is the way to go now

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:32 PM

Jul 2020

lots of polling places in the white repubs area = shorts lines

Few if any in the POC area's = long lines and effective poll tax (people taking off work $$$$)

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